Okhtyrka town being bombed day and night

Okhtyrka town being bombed day and night

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Russian troops carried out another air raid on the residential areas of Okhtyrka town, Sumy region. One bomb could hit a gas pipeline.

"Russian aviation again bombed residential areas at about 00:30 on March 10. There is information about a bomb hitting a gas pipeline. The information is being clarified," Dmytro Zhyvytskyy, Head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram.

Earlier, Zhyvytskyy noted that Okhtyrka was being bombed every day and night, the town's infrastructure had been destroyed.

Read also: At least 1 killed, 14 injured in shelling of Okhtyrka

As reported, on February 25, Russian troops fired Grad multiple rocket launcher systems on kindergartens and a military unit in Okhtyrka, killing more than 80 people. Subsequent attacks completely destroyed sewerage, water supply system, power grids, combined heat and power station.

On February 24, president Putin announced the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops are shelling and destroying key infrastructure, massively hitting residential areas of Ukrainian towns and villages using artillery, multiple-launch rocket system, and ballistic missiles.

Martial law was imposed in Ukraine and general mobilization was announced.

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